Hello, First let me say, that I'm not sure what zone I am. Three years ago, we were changed from 5b to 6a, this year while looking at different sites, I have noticed that when entering zip for zone, it has been listed as 7a, over half the sites. I'm not sure if the sites are trying to get you to purchase from a larger pool of plants or if the AG department has changed the zones again, LOL. I do know average temps would put me at zone 6a about 70 % of years, zone 5b 20% and lower to a zone 4a about 10%, when a artic blast comes down from Canada into Washington state. Four years ago we had single digits for three days at the end of May, it even killed some of my ornamental trees (flowering plumb). All of this is to say, that despite eight years of serious gardening (paying attention to all of this, what does well and doesn't), I am still clueless to mother nature's fickle ways. I can say that as of today, that all my Daylilies are performing as Dormants, even though, many are registered as Semi-evergreens and Evergreens. Even the seedlings purchased from Michelle from Florida have no green. I did, however, notice that some had green longer than others. Not sure if this helps, but it is what I have observed here.
Happy gardening,
Gale
